Hakai Magazine Audio Edition

by Moira Donovan • Lobster and snow crab fisheries are booming, but the bait used to catch them—herring and mackerel—is not, so the search for alternative baits is on. The original story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Larry Pynn • Coastal communities around the world contend with the toxic legacies of pulp and paper mills. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Lauren Kaljur • In Howe Sound, British Columbia, a new generation of stewards is keeping careful tabs on the comeback efforts of a tiny fish with big cultural value. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Boyce Upholt • At the DeFelice Marine Center, researchers and staff are living, working, and adapting to climate change in real time. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Isabella Kaminski • In the face of bigger wildfires, deadlier floods, and more extreme weather, plaintiffs around the world are taking up a new tactic: suing for the damage climate change has already wrought. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Sarah Tory • When a grainy video of a grisly mass shooting on the high seas surfaced, one determined detective and a host of NGOs went on a quest for justice. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Agostino Petroni • Jellyfish as a human food source has been touted as a solution to the increasing populations of these gelatinous invertebrates, but are Mediterranean diners really ready to have jellyfish for dinner? The original story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Victor R. Rodríguez • In Mexico, scientists, surfers, and a passionate community rally to protect a beloved break. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

But the coral are trapped in tanks, still waiting to be released on the reefs. • by Alex Riley The original story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Jack Tamisiea • A cache of phytoplankton held at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is helping to reconstruct historical coastlines. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Christina Couch • To save endangered eels, researchers have been working for decades to figure out where they reproduce. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Rose Eveleth • What can one brash dolphin teach us about personality? Originally published in October 2018, the story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Steven Ashley • Three years after Superstorm Sandy slammed into New Jersey’s coast, few local communities want to accept that the Shore’s glory days are numbered. Originally published in October 2015, the story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Emily Cataneo • In the tradition of wine and ale trails, the state’s oyster trail aims to give the farmed shellfish industry a needed boost. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Ian Gill • On the British Columbia coast, the Heiltsuk First Nation asserts its rights to manage its resources, and who has access to them, through the seasonal herring harvest. Originally published in August 2018, the story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Moira Donovan • They’ve roamed free for hundreds of years, but is that freedom harming the ecosystem they call home? The original story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Taras Grescoe • Quebec’s Magdalen islanders face a stark choice: resist, adapt, or give in to the ravenous sea. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Boyce Upholt • Our long history of constraining the river through levees has led to massive land loss in its delta. Can we engineer our way out? And at what cost? The original story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Brendan Borrell • Urban beaches around the world have less garbage than remote beaches, but less life too. The City of Santa Monica hopes to change the image of a clean beach. Originally published in July 2018, the story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Marina Wang • Naming leads to knowing, which leads to understanding. Residents of a small British Columbia island take to the forests and beaches to connect with their non-human neighbors. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Sam Keck Scott • A chance encounter with a rare phenomenon called a milky sea connects a sailor and a scientist to explain the ocean’s ghostly glow. The original story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Chloe Williams • Keeping people out of rip currents is more about reading human behavior than reading warning signs. The original story , along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

The Race to Alaska is one of the most grueling at-sea races, taking participants from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska, as they navigate complicated currents, narrow rocky channels, and inclement weather. The premise is simple: travel more than 1,200 kilometers with no motors, no support, and a USD $10,000 award waiting for the winner. Racers prepare sailboats, kayaks, paddleboards,...

by Ashley Braun • In the US Pacific Northwest, tribal hatcheries uphold Indigenous communities’ treaty rights to salmon, while buying time to rehabilitate lost habitat. This is final part of our special four part editorial package on salmon hatcheries. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .

by Vanessa Minke-Martin • As wildfires, droughts, and floods deal a blow to coastal habitats, wild salmon are disappearing from waterways like California’s Russian River. Can conservation hatcheries save endangered runs? This is part three of our special four part editorial package on salmon hatcheries. The original story , along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com .